The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-12
TREES FOR THE HOUSE LOT.
The Cheapest and Best Ornaments for
PIace-Good Suggestions.

The Cheapest and Best Ornaments for
PIace-Good Suggestions.
Trees are the cheapest ornaments for
either large or small places. A compare
lively cheap house surrounded by tine
trees and shrubs will present more
beautiful appearance than very costly
mansion standing on naked ground.
Persons of means who have good taste
build country residences in natural for
ests or groves, being careful to remove
portion of the trees if they are very thick,
and to prune others so as to let in the
sunlight. In most parts Of the country
land in the vicinity of lakes and rivers
that is covered with pine shade trees has
become very valuable property. 1t is
wanted by city people who can afford
country residences and who do not wish
70 wait for trees to grow.
That many persons have planted too
many trees about their dwellings, have
planted them too near it, and have not
exercised proper judgment about select
ing varieties are matters of common OBJ
servation. In some cases they have
buried their houses out of sight. They
have planted trees so thickly that they
have shut out most of the sunlight, and
prevented the free circulation of the air.
They have caused SO dense a shade on
their grounds that grass and flowers will
not grow. They have rendered their
houses dark and damp, and have caused
the ground about it to be constantly
moist. Their trees are so thick that only
those on the borders of the lot have
chance to grow. Some who have not
converted the house lot into a wood lot
have planted trees that are not very
ornamental, but which afford a vast
amount of trouble. They drop their
leaves, not only in the fall, but during
most of the growing season. Some OF
the trees are preferred by insects, which
cover their leaves or branches with
nests Others are liable to have their
trunks pierced by borers, while still
others throw up sprouts from their
roots.
Trees for a house lot should be hardy,
clearly, not liable to attacks Of insects,
and long-lived. They should have fine
foliage, but it should not cast so dense a
shade as to prevent grass, shrubs, and
flowers from growing near them. Trees
that invite and harbor insects or
which are liable to shed their
leaves at any time if the weather is I'M
favorable are very Objectionable. Those
hat send out suckers from the base of
the trunk or sprouts from the roots are
also Objectionable as they hardly ever
present fine appearance. Trees that
are so lofty as to injure buildings in case
they break or blow over, or which shade
the roof of the house and cast leaves on
are also among those that should be
carded The sugar or rock maple is
most free from objections. The foliage
+ fine during the summer and is still
more beautiful during the autumn. The
three-thorned acacia is another excellent
nee for the house lot. 1t produces only
a partial shade. 1t is handsome, clean
tree, not liable to attacks of insects. The
only objection to it is its thorns,
which, when they become very large,
are liable to fall to the ground, when
they become dangerous to persons and
animals.
An English landscape gardner has
lately been writing in praise of fruit
trees for planting on the house lot, es-
pecially if it is the only ground owned
or controlled by the occupant of the
house. He says that many varieties. of
apple, pear, and cherry trees are quite
as ornamental as any of the trees planted
solely for the purpose of adOrnment.
They have fine forms, produce a
good shade and have not only fine foil
age but beautiful flowers and fruits.
The trees are useful as well as orna-
mental. They supply food and minister
70 our desire for beauty. An Amer
lean gardener, however, strongly con-
dsmns fruit trees for planting on the
house lot. He states that many of the
fruit trees raised in this country, and
more especially in the west, are liable to
De sickly and are generally short-lived.
Many of them harbor insects that feed
ON their wood, leaves, and fruit. The
"wInd-falls" from these trees are an an
noyance to those who wish to keep their
grounds in good condition. If the fruit
hat falls is not Immediately gathered it
viii rot on the ground or attract numer-
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